PEORIA — Former Peoria County Board member Jeff Lickiss has joined the short list of applicants for a vacant seat on the Peoria District 150 School Board.

Dan Adler, a Caterpillar Inc. engineer active in Kellar Primary School PTO, and Nancy Overcash, a former School Board member in Morton School District 709, also have formally applied to be considered for the open seat in the Third District. District 3 has three representatives on the school board.

Lickiss, a health supervisor at Pekin Hospital and a trauma nurse specialist, also ran unsuccessfully in 2010 for the Third District seat currently held by Chris Crawford.

District 150 began accepting resumes and letters of interest July 1 following the resignation of Sue Wolstenholm, who stepped down seconds after she was sworn in. The deadline to apply is noon Friday.

Resumes and letters of interest can be submitted to District 150 administration offices, 3202 N. Wisconsin Ave., or by email to board of education secretary Joan Bastian, at joan.bastian@psd150.org.

The vacancy is a result of an unusual chain of events.

Wolstenholm dropped out the race too late to have her name removed from the ballot in the March elections. Though Wolstenholm maintained she would not serve if elected, a grass-roots citizens’ group, Change150, engineered her upset victory over incumbent Laura Petelle as a show of dissatisfaction with the current board.

Change150 also interviewed potential applicants to make its own recommendation — Adler — for the position. Retired Peoria County Regional Superintendent Gerald Brookhart also has expressed interest in the seat, though he has not yet applied.

The board must fill the vacancy within 45 days of Wolstenholm’s resignation, which would be Aug. 15.

The Third District largely covers the area north of Forrest Hill Avenue.

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